Dang it, I didn’t start the braise early enough so now I’m stuck sitting around into the night waiting for tomorrow’s dinner to cook.
I had a really good work out today after work (the reason the braise is so late…) I managed to push myself harder than I ever have before and I’m pretty proud of myself. Still haven’t experienced anything akin to an exercise high though.
1 large or 2 medium zucchini
1 tbs olive oil
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2 – 3 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste
Either using a carrot peeler or mandolin slice the zucchini into long thin strips (it tastes just as good diced but it doesn’t look quite as cool)
Dice garlic fairly fine and sautee in olive oil until soft
Add zucchini and sautee. Add lemon juice and let it stew for a bit (sorry I’m really bad with cooking times!!) the skin will change color and the zucchini will look cooked. Salt and pepper to taste.
Just not until I get back from the gym. But Jess I promise that it will involve garlic (and Aulika, I’ve made it for you and your Hubby who I haven’t made up a fake name for)
Actually for all you people in my life who read this blog (I count three…) I’ve been tossing around in my head how to refer to people and still preserve their anonymity. I’ve decided to use what you go by online to make life easier for everyone, so Mom will be Nelly Plum and Aulika will be Aulika, Kromey will be Kromey, etcetera. Unless you use your real name like some little sisters I know in which case I’ll just use that.
Tonight is going to be interesting – I’m going to run home, medicate kitty, change clothes, go to the gym, work out for close to an hour and half (or at least that’s how it’s been working out before) go grocery shopping, come home, make/prep tomorrow’s dinner (Braise the roast, prep the bread and veg) and then make dinner. And then blog a recipe. So I may be a little brief.
Tomorrow will be fun though, I expect a pretty full house at Kromey and Nini’s place and I’m doing a beer braised roast with roasted winter vegetables and fresh whole wheat bread. And a whole lot of kale for people (me) who eat small portions of things like beer, roast beef, and bread. That is the moral of the story by the way for all those who fail at diets because they deprive themselves of their favorite foods:
You can eat whatever the hell you want to. Just don’t eat too much of it. It’s all about the portion control.